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# Federal Stalking and Harassment Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025
- URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-stalking-harassing-sentences-northern-district-of-georgia/
- Published: 2026-11-04T11:03:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-04T11:03:10.000Z
- Description: 23 people were sentenced for stalking or harassing offenses in the Northern District of Georgia in fiscal years 2016 to 2025. 19 (83%) received a prison term, with a median of 18 months, compared with 24 months for this offense type across all 94 districts. 18 of the 23 had threatening or harassing
- Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart
- Tags: Understanding Trends, Federal

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**In brief:** 23 people were sentenced for stalking or harassing offenses in the Northern District of Georgia in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 19 (83%) received a prison term, with a median of 18 months, compared with 24 months for this offense type across all 94 districts. 18 of the 23 had threatening or harassing communications as the primary guideline.

Updated November 4, 2026 · Sources: U.S. Sentencing Commission and Federal Judicial Center, fiscal years 2016–2025

This post uses the U.S. Sentencing Commission's records of 23 people sentenced in federal court in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. Acquittals and dismissals come from a second source, the Federal Judicial Center's records of 753,808 federal defendants whose cases ended in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. It is part of the [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) series, which builds on [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/). How the numbers were built: [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/).

## Threatening Communications Were the Main Guideline

"Stalking/Harassing" is the U.S. Sentencing Commission's offense type. In this district, 18 people had §2A6.1, Threatening or Harassing Communications, as the primary guideline. 4 had §2A6.2, Stalking or Domestic Violence.

These cases were less than 1% of the 5,362 people sentenced in the district in fiscal years 2016 to 2025\. 8 were sentenced in fiscal years 2016 to 2019, and 15 in fiscal years 2020 to 2025.

## Prison and Probation

19 of the 23 people (83%) received a prison term, and 3 (13%) received probation only, with no prison or other confinement. Across all districts, 89% were sent to prison.

The median prison term for the 19 people sent to prison was 18 months. A quarter received 24 months or more. A quarter received 6.5 months or less. The all-district median was 24 months, which is higher. The median for all offenses in the Northern District of Georgia was 41 months.

## Guilty Pleas and Trial Convictions

21 of the 23 people (91%) pleaded guilty, and 2 were convicted after a trial. Across all districts, 92% pleaded guilty, which is about the same. For all offenses in this district, the figure was 96%.

The median prison term after a guilty plea was 18 months. After a trial it was 105 months, based on 1 person sent to prison, so it cannot be compared with the plea figure.

Among the guilty pleas, 81% had a written plea agreement and 19% were straight pleas.

## Against the Guideline Range

All 23 people had a guideline range recorded. 35% (8) were sentenced within the range. 43% (10) were below it at the government's request, and 17% (4) were below it without a government request. 4% (1) was above it.

For this offense type across all districts, 47% of sentences were within the range, which is higher than here. The figure for all offenses in this district was 32%. A mandatory minimum prison term applied to 0 of the 22 people with that information recorded.

## Supervised Release, Fines, and Criminal History

19 people (83%) were ordered to serve supervised release after prison, with a median term of 36 months. A fine was ordered for 1 person (4%), and restitution for 4 (17%).

48% were in the lowest criminal history category, category I, and 4% were in the highest, category VI. Court-martial records have no criminal history field.

## Counts by Year

Every fiscal year had between 1 and 5 people. The median prison term was 0 months in fiscal years 2019 and 2021, 13.5 months in fiscal year 2020, and 58.5 months in fiscal year 2022.

Counts of 1 to 5 people cannot support a trend.

| Fiscal year | People sentenced | Median prison | Pleaded guilty |
| ----------- | ---------------- | ------------- | -------------- |
| 2016        | 3                | 24 months     | 3 of 3         |
| 2017        | 2                | 24 months     | 2 of 2         |
| 2018        | 2                | 25.5 months   | 2 of 2         |
| 2019        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2020        | 5                | 13.5 months   | 5 of 5         |
| 2021        | 1                | 0 months      | 1 of 1         |
| 2022        | 3                | 58.5 months   | 2 of 3         |
| 2023        | 2                | 18 months     | 1 of 2         |
| 2024        | 1                | 24 months     | 1 of 1         |
| 2025        | 3                | 17 months     | 3 of 3         |

## What Is Not in the Records

The Commission data covers only people who were convicted and sentenced. It has no acquittals or dismissals. Each prison term shown is the term the court imposed, not time served.

No communication or act is described in the sheet, so it cannot explain the spread between yearly medians.

### How We Counted

Everyone sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Georgia (U.S. Sentencing Commission district label "Georgia North") in fiscal years 2016 to 2025 whose offense type was "Stalking/Harassing" (23). Offense types are the Commission's OFFGUIDE categories.

Federal fiscal years run from October 1 to September 30\. No person, judge, or lawyer is identified in any of these records.

### What to Keep in Mind

**No parole in federal prison; credit for good conduct.** Federal prison has no parole for crimes committed on or after November 1, 1987\. A federal prisoner can earn up to 54 days of good conduct credit for each year of the sentence the judge imposed, which is about 15%. Some federal prisoners can also earn First Step Act time credits, but many offenses make a person ineligible. The numbers in this post are the sentences judges imposed, not the time people actually served.

**Federal supervised release.** Most federal prison sentences are followed by a term of supervised release that the judge sets as part of the sentence. A person who violates it can be sent back to prison. A court-martial cannot sentence anyone to supervision after release. Military parole and mandatory supervised release are decided later by a board, not by the judge at trial.

**Who decides the sentence, and under what rules.** Federal judges sentence every federal case. They must calculate the Sentencing Guidelines range, which is advisory, and must impose any mandatory minimum the statute requires unless an exception applies. In courts-martial, the accused could choose sentencing by members until the rules changed. For cases in which every guilty finding is for an offense committed after December 27, 2023, a military judge sentences alone, within sentencing parameters. Courts-martial tried in 2024 and later include both old-rule and new-rule cases, and the data cannot tell them apart.

**Time periods.** Federal numbers are by federal fiscal year (October 1 to September 30), based on the sentencing date. The military numbers are by trial date. Neither source has the date of the offense, so a change in law shows up in either data set gradually.

**How life sentences and "time served" are counted.** In the federal numbers, a life sentence is counted as 470 months, and any other sentence longer than 470 months is counted as just under 470 months. A sentence of "time served" is counted as one day (0.03 months). Averages are affected by these rules; medians much less.

## Related Analysis

- [Military Moves Toward Sentencing Guidelines to Mirror the Federal System](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/military-sentencing-guidelines-federal-system/) (the background article)
- [Federal Prosecution Analysis](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal/) (all federal posts)
- [How the Federal Comparison Data Was Built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-data-methodology/) (sources and method)
- [Federal Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-district-northern-district-of-georgia/) (overview)
- [Federal Drug Trafficking Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-drug-trafficking-sentences-northern-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Fraud, Theft, and Embezzlement Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-fraud-theft-embezzlement-sentences-northern-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Immigration Offense Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-immigration-sentences-northern-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [Federal Firearms Sentences in the Northern District of Georgia, FY2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-firearms-sentences-northern-district-of-georgia/) (same district, other offense type)
- [U.S. Sentencing Commission, Individual Offender Datafiles](https://www.ussc.gov/research/datafiles/commission-datafiles?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)
- [Federal Judicial Center, Integrated Database (criminal defendants)](https://www.fjc.gov/research/idb?ref=bodiesburied.com) (source)

**About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.